Abstract: The paper attempts to navigate the issues prevalent in the Education sector of India due to the surfacing digital divide. With the advent of the global pandemic, most of the educational institutions have shifted online however, given the huge income disparities many students are not in a position to continue their education or are facing a partial disruption. In this paper, through the help of empirical data collected through on ground surveys is examined to analyse the conditions of school going students. in remote villages of India. Due to the extended lockdowns in most of the places in the country, major emphasis in being laid on tech-driven platforms or Information and Communications Technology based (ICT) facilities are being used for the teaching learning process, however, students who fall under the poverty stratas of the society or those living in remote areas have to bear the brunt of such digital gaps. Based on this idea, the paper will endeavour to identify the lacunas and also provide certain solutions to it.
Keywords: Digital divide, education, school students, technology, internet.
Title: Digital Divide- the Trajectory of accessibility issues in the field of Education during Pandemic
Author: Arpita Chowdhury
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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